if you wait a trn you can ask your trading partner what the f-code of the mines are so you can match and fly out..i believe if you lay it in their name, the mines will take the code of their nearest planet..but youd have to trust them to know what they are talking about when they give it to ya

FLETCH wrote:That's assuming they are being laid for a friend. I can think of scenarios where you may lay the mines of someone you have no ties to just to throw a spanner in the works...

Yup, thats the idea. I guess if you knew the FC of their nearest planet that might work? What about laying the mines as a dead race...?

hmmm..never tried it..i guess the best advice i can give u is use a big enough ship to survive a minehit and load up on supplies so u can make it out with a ship intact...and lemme know if laying in a dead races id works

FLETCH wrote:That's assuming they are being laid for a friend. I can think of scenarios where you may lay the mines of someone you have no ties to just to throw a spanner in the works...

Yup, thats the idea. I guess if you knew the FC of their nearest planet that might work? What about laying the mines as a dead race...?

hmmm..never tried it..i guess the best advice i can give u is use a big enough ship to survive a minehit and load up on supplies so u can make it out with a ship intact...and lemme know if laying in a dead races id works

It might be better to use an expendable smaller ship that will be destroyed on impact if you are attempting to make it look like someone else is doing evil deeds. That way your wounded hull isn't left in the middle of the minefield.